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stogxx | 5 years ago

The media pretends that this is unprecendented and willfully forgets the events of last year when antifa forcefully took a federal courthouse in Portland. They also ignore the general carnage of last year - violence and arson directed at business owners and people following the death of George Floyd. When viewed side by side, the double standards shown by the press is staggering

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dragonwriter|5 years ago

> The media pretends that this is unprecendented

It is.

> forgets the events of last year when antifa forcefully took a federal courthouse in Portland.

A federal courthouse isn't the national Capitol, and the courthouse wasn't targeted specifically because officials were present and inspired in part by public calls to execute particular officials and in part by a direct call by the a defeated candidate as part of an ongoing campaign to reverse election results.

> They also ignore the general carnage of last year - violence and arson directed at business owners and people following the death of George Floyd.

No, in fact comparison of the events and the law enforcement responses is common in the media, even though the coup attempt is still portrayed as an unprecedented event. So the claim that the events of last summer are “ignored” by the media is simply false.

beerandt|5 years ago

Scotus confirmation protests were however, exactly the same, but for the capital police reaction and escalation.

The admitted intent was to intimidate senators votes.

One event met resistance and and things escalated. The other saw federal agents kneel in support and open the doors.

tstrimple|5 years ago

Did "antifa" force their way in past police officers while beating them and spraying them with pepper spray? Did they break windows and try to climb across barriers with secret service on the other side with guns drawn? Were they chanting about heads on pikes or about hanging Pence? Are you so completely biased that you think an group of protestors taking over an empty building without force is somehow equivalent to a group of people attacking police and literally breaking into a building occupied by congress while chanting about and actually performing violence?